A house-builder has started work on a £17 million scheme to build more than 80 homes in Derbyshire after getting the go-ahead for the project.

Avant Homes has begun the first phase of the development to build 82 homes on a nine-acre site.

The development, which will be named Portlands, will be made up of a selection of two and three-bedroom semi-detached and detached homes and a number of four-bedroom detached properties.

The build at Creswell, near the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border, is expected to last three years, creating a number of local construction and sales jobs. The first homes will be ready for house buyers to move into from early 2018.

Avant Homes managing director Glyn Mabey (Image: Paul David Drabble)

Glyn Mabey, Avant Homes Midlands managing director, said: “We are very pleased to have been granted planning permission for this new development, which will deliver high-quality homes to the area.

“We are making significant investment in the region and have always found our homes here to be in very high demand.